Israel Ligat Ha’Al Matchday Four

The Greens knocked off the defending champs at Sammy Ofer Stadium on goals by Nikita Rukavytsya via penalty and Glynor Plet in the 80th minute. Maor Bozaglo scored in the 14th minute to give the visitors the lead but it was not enough as Haifa picked up the three points and the win.

Beitar Jerusalem 3:0 Hapoel Ashkelon

Beitar easily defeated Ashkelon at Teddy Stadium with a three goal first half outburst as Idan Vered, Shimon Abuhetzeira and Jesus Rueda all scored in the win.

Hapoel Raanana 0:3 Maccabi Tel Aviv

The Yellow & Blue beat Raanana at the Netanya Stadium on a brace by Tal Ben Chaim and a lone marker by Avi Rikan for the 3-points and the victory.

Hapoel Kfar Saba 0:1 Bnei Yehuda

Alon Turgeman’s 3rd minute goal stood up to give the visitors the three points and the clean sheet.

SC Ashdod 0:3 Hapoel Haifa

Ma’aran Laala scored first for Haifa, however, Dan Biton levels the score in the 59th minute but Junio and Adilson put home a pair of goals in the 64th and 72nd minutes for the Haifa victory.

Bnei Sakhnin 0:1 Maccabi Petach Tikva

Mihai Roman’s fits half marker stood up for Petach Tikva in Sakhnin as the visitors now have 10 points and sit atop the league tied for first place on points.

Hapoel Tel Aviv 3:3 Kiryat Shemona

A crazy game in the Moshava saw a deluge of goals that began with a Marko Simic own goal giving Kiryat Shemona a 1:0 lead. However, it didn’t take long for the Reds to take a 3:1 lead before the half as Omri Altman, Aaron Schoenfeld and Damor Sovsic all scored. But the second half as a different story as Ezequiel and Shlomi Azulay evened the match up to split the points.